The Chair - A Story of Design and Making in Aotearoa

Designed by Inhouse, The Chair book features new writing on each of the chairs included in the exhibition and photography taken across the country: together telling a story of design and making in Aotearoa. 

From the Arts and Crafts period of the late 1800s; modernism; the local Studio Furniture movement in the 1980s and 90s – particular themes persist; Pragmatism can be seen in the design of chairs in Aotearoa at every turn; so too can the impact of access (or lack of it) to local manufacturing, materials and global trade.